Chocolate making experience day, including two course lunch
If you're planning to visit between Monday 9th September and Friday 13th September, please be aware that there is a diversion in place to get to the main entrance. This is due to Wessex Water works taking place and closing the road along Pitchers Hill in Cheddon Fitzpaine. To see where the road closure is and the diversion, please click here. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
8:30am - 2:00pm | Cost: £95
Join us in Bampfylde Hall for a festive day to remember for chocolate lovers. Treat yourself or a loved one to unforgettable experience this festive season!
The Chocolatier Experience will be hosted by Paul Ruttledge, Hestercombe's Patissier, whose experience includes three-rosette restaurants.
You will:
Every chocolate you make will be yours to take home to enjoy and share.
Over lunch a special two course menu will be served in the restaurant (included with your ticket):
Mushroom & chestnut pie with seasonal veg
Sticky ginger pudding with Hestercombe blackberry icecream
Menu contains gluten and dairy.
Tea or coffee is included on arrival. Every ticket will also receive free garden entry worth £15.30, which can be enjoyed after the experience ends at 2pm or at an alternative date of your choice.
An attendee from January 2024: 'Thank you to Paul for an absolutely fantastic day today on the Chocolatier Experience. We expected it to be good but it far exceeded “good”. We had a lovely welcome by the restaurant. Paul is an excellent host and so generous with his time and knowledge. The lunch was amazing and the pudding in particular looked beautiful too. We left with huge smiles and hands full of chocolates to take home. Thank you so much!'
An attendee from January 2024: 'We just wanted to congratulate you for putting on a fantastic chocolatier workshop today. Paul was brilliant, the lunch was amazing and we have learnt a lot about chocolate.'
The event takes place in Bampfylde Hall at Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset TA2 8LG
Please bring an apron and suitable footwear.
If you require assistance at the event, please email events@hestercombe.com.
If you have any dietary requirements, please email food@hestercombe.com with your booking reference number.
Allergens used during chocolate making are milk, gluten & soya.
Hestercombe is now a fully cashless venue, so on the day we can only accept payment by card or contactless payments.
Tickets are not transferable or refundable. If in the event that Hestercombe has to cancel the event a full refund will be given.